Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conservation_of_energy

1 sense of conservation of energy

Sense 1
conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics -- (the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes)
       => conservation -- ((physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations)
       => law of thermodynamics -- ((physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system)